The Ruling on Prohibition Resulting from Touching a Wet Nurse

Question

A certain man has been married for eight years. He came to know this ruling (mas’ala): if a man touches the dai (wet nurse, i.e. the one who breastfed her) of some girl with desire, then nikah with that girl is not valid. This man says that ten years ago some mental disorder befell his wife’s wet nurse; she seized this man, and he also felt desire, and then he freed his hand from the wet nurse and ran away. What should be done in this case?

Answer

If this woman, in a state of mental disorder, seized him, from which he felt desire, but he immediately freed his hand and ran away, then his wife has not become haram for him because of this. However, if the woman seized his hand with desire and her desire increased from this seizing, then his wife has become haram for him; he should now end marital relations with her —…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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